Tag: ireland
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The best type of holiday
In 14 days, I saw nine countries, walked more than 100 miles, rode over a dozen trains, and captured it all in what had to be a thousand photos.
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Valentine’s Day with St. Valentine
Tucked away on the right-hand side of a dark stone church, in a wooden box beneath a red-robed statue, are the remains of Saint Valentine.
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Origins
I know people that can trace their family tree back for hundreds of years but I don’t even know where my last name comes from.
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Life-changing
Evidently us Americans talking about our “life-changing” trips to Europe is quite annoying to Europeans. Sorry about the “American Season.”
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Watching the Olympics abroad
I’m cheering from abroad and seeing people from Ireland and other smaller countries get into the Games even without home country athletes.
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Planning for safe travels
I’m sure he’s a nice guy and we’re just overreacting, my roommate and I repeated as we got off the bus, following a man we thought was following two girls.
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Is my gab great yet?
Spiraling up hundreds of damp, worn rock stairs no wider than my foot, with just a fraying rope to cling to, I eventually made it to the Blarney Stone.
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Proud as hell
Gay Pride celebrations let me reclaim the motto of the system that taught me gay people were being challenged by God, that they shouldn’t act on their desires, that I should hate the sin but embrace the sinner.
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An Irish Weekend
Between finding an apartment (Hello, Dublin housing crisis), settling in, and applying for jobs, it took me a week or so to really find my footing in Ireland.
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Why I’m not homesick yet
I’ve been in Ireland just shy of two weeks now, and a lot of questions about America have come my way. Questions I cannot answer.
Justus Flair 